First, before you read this, I'd like to say I've never been in Oviedo, FL. AND I have concrete alibis...
Second, I believe this story could be an indication of one of two possibilities:
1. These are examples of some extremely stupid cats, or....
2. There are people down there that are armed with fully automatic pellet guns.
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OVIEDO, Fla. -
Two neighborhood cats are recovering after they were found shot by a pellet gun.
Phyllis Ayoob, the founder and owner of Spay N Save Animal Clinic in Longwood, said the cats were brought to her by two students at Oviedo High School. She said the students noticed the two neighborhood cats were limping and they wanted to trap them to make sure they were all right.
Ayoob said she ran X-rays and found one cat had been shot three times and another had been shot four times. One cat will probably lose one of its legs, she said. "I don't have much use for people who do something like that to an animal," said Michael Potter, a neighbor who lives near where the cats were found. Potter said he helps trap the many neighborhood cats to spay or neuter them and releases them. He said the cats are part of the community. "I would do the same thing to (the gunman) and see how they like it," he said. "At least that's my feeling."
"They're pretty cool cats. They're chasing each other around," said neighbor Michael Roggio. "They're kind of a neighborhood icon." Many residents said they were upset that the two cats had been shot, and they all wondered who could be behind it.
Ayoob said one of the cats successfully had her three pellets removed Thursday. She said the other cat who suffered four shots will take some more time because he will need more surgery to remove his leg.
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I've personally never been able to get more than one pellet round into a feral cat. They bolt even with a complete miss that only hits nearby.
Getting a chance at second shot on a cat around here takes a month, if it ever happens at all! I can't image how someone was able to pump 3 or 4 rounds into a cat. There are some wicked good shots down there. Stay indoors....
Must be a pellet gun club that go together and all shoot at the same target on a silent count of three.
